How The Inner & Outer Worlds Are One

In this video I use the Chinese 5 Elements to illustrate how the external and internal worlds are one and the same.

Outline:


We are going to understand the energy of autumn from 5 element perspective

What I've been practicing to really harmonize with this season
Also look what herbs are great to take right now

This can really help you adapt and make the most of this season.

By harmonizing with this energy we can flow and change much more easily.

If that sounds weird...Think of swimming against a river or sailing against the wind.

Season of fall

Associated with the metal element

Metal element
-lungs, large intestine, skin
--what are their funtions
--lungs also influce wei chi/protective energy/immune system
-emotions of the metal element
--sadness,melancholy

what herbs

what ive been doing

finally a story to illustrate

According to the ancient Chinese, the one human emotion can be curbed using another emotion based on the controlling cycle of the Five Elements. For example joy (five) can overcome anxiety/sorrow (metal), which in turn can over anger (wood). Anger (wood) can overcome melancholy (earth) which in turn can overcome fear (water).
But the same rule, you can use one human emotion to release another.
Let's illustrate further with a popular story about physician Wen Zhi who lived during the Spring and Summer period. He was summoned to the palace to treat the King who was suffering from extreme headaches.


The prince was extremely distressed by his father's ailment and begged Wen Zhi to cure him.
Wen Zhi told the prince that he will cure his father but in the course he will lose his life. The prince could not understand what Wen Zhi said but did not pursue as he was more concerned with his father' ailment.
The next time the king had one of his headaches he summoned Wen Zhi but this time Wen Zhi ignored him. This happened a few times and the king was extremely upset. He sent his troops to drag Wen Zhi to the palace. On seeing the king, instead of help him, he insulted the king. In extreme anger and with fire raging in his eyes, the king ordered that Wen Zhi be cooked in a pot.
A few days later, the king made a surprising recovery. It was only then that he understood why Wen Zhi acted in such a strange way. You see the king's headaches were caused by anxiety. By deliberately making the king angry, he help the king release his anxiety and hence cured his headaches.

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Tags:

• chinese medicine
• chinese shamanishm
• i ching
• metal element
• fall
• lungs
• wei chi
• reishi mushroom
• brandon daemon

[nikthedick123]

i cant tell, do you do any drugs? you seem like a stoner.

[herbgardner00]

@nikthedick123 lol, nope, no drugs.

[tsunamimachine1]

excellent presentation

[herbgardner00]

@tsunamimachine1 thanks!

[Preteranimus]

You are suggesting that there is a correlation between the natural function of the seasons—here you are dealing with autumn—and human psychology and physiology? You have established that the autumn is, for humans, a time to shed dead foliage, so to speak, just as in nature. Am I getting this right? This foliage is the accumulation of knowledge, the experience of time that is no longer of any use as a center to fix our existence, but a thing to contemplate in its very nature... that will nourish?

[herbgardner00]

@Preteranimus Im not all the way following you. What I can answer is yes. i am correlating the seasons w. psychology and physiology. To be more clear, I am not doing this, I am passing on the Chinese 5 Element philosophy as I understand it.

[SuperCozmos]

I found a really great book last night that goes in depth about TCM. I'm really excited about what I've learned so far. I can really appreciate your insights a lot more since I've been doing my own research. Thank you!

[Magena1964]

Nice energy in your work. Thanks!

[muslimsahibtorun]

where did you learn these things...becos most of these stuff is in chinese

[mop12345678909876543]

@marymeu Ayahuasca

[marymeu]

Do you know anything about Haluaska (sp?) DMT?

[arcencielstylin]

Now I know why I have been feeling so shitty lately. :)

Please make more video's like this explaining different months.

[sogua2000]

I like your talk, i am going to pay more attention to future talks.

[serendipitous123321]

@herbgardner00 i get that a lot also its stinky. thanks for the info and advice. great words

[RndmMexican]

@Pengy945

Never heard of him. I will. I thought they wouldn't teach it unless you did the course. I really want to do a course.

True story.A guy really wanted to do a course but he couldn't get the days off.After months of pleading and rejection he chose to go anyway.He told his boss (Who was angry) and just went without knowing what was going to happen. He came back and there was a envelope on his desk.In his mind this was it,and he was ok with it.He opened the letter and it was a promotion.